Engineering an artificial protein molecular motor

该项目旨在使用非马达蛋白构建模块来构建人工蛋白马达。大自然已经使用纳米技术作为其所有机器的基础，并使用蛋白质来构建机器。马达中的每个蛋白质成分都有一个很好理解的功能;这种人工蛋白质将阐明它如何将化学能转化为运动。这个过程不被理解，因为分子马达不遵守与宏观机器相同的原理。将人造发动机与生物发动机进行比较，将有助于深入了解天然发动机的工作原理。这个项目将为纳米生物技术带来分子发动机。

This project aims to use non-motor protein building blocks to construct an artificial protein motor. Nature already uses nanotechnology as the basis for all its machinery, and uses proteins to construct machines. Each protein component in the motor will have a well-understood function; this artificial protein will elucidate how it converts chemical energy to motion. This process is not understood as molecular motors do not obey the same principles as macroscopic machines. Comparing the artificial motor with biological motors will provide insight into the workings of natural motors. This project should lead to molecular motors for nanobiotechnology.